March 18, 2016 AT 7:00 am

How to Make Retro Echo, a Pi Zero Assistant #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

Since Amazon has opened their Alexa Voice Service for developers I really wanted to have a less expensive virtual assistant for my desk. Since we can use the Pi Zero this brings the cost down to about $25 instead of $180 for a full Echo.

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